Vegetable strainer or cooker.



W. LEBTTEN.

VEGETABLE STRAINEB. 0B. OOKEB.

rrLIou'IcR FILED .mlm 11. 190s.

931,070. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

renioietl from the WILLIAM LICE'ITIJN, UF MANAYUNK, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEGETABLE STRAINER on cooxER.

Specitcation of Letters Patent.

Application led June 11, 1908.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Serial No. 437,813.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it ltnown that l` Womit lii-rrxrii-ix, a

eitizen ot' the .l'iiitetl lStates. resitling at Manayinili. eoinity of lhiliitlelphiii. :intl State of leliiis'i'lri'iiiia` have iiii'ent'etl a eer tiiili new :intl useful Improvement in .'ege4 table Straiiieis or Cookers, otwliieh the foli lowing is ii speeilit-atioii.

M i' invention relates to a new :intl useful iiiipioi'enient iii straiiiers or eoolt'ers :intl has for its olijeet to proriile an exreeiliiig'ly simple :intl ell'eetire tlei'iee of this eliarattei 4 wliielLniuy he plaeeil in ii pan or potv so that siiiul ma;1 he straineil from the vegetables siieli iis asparagus ainl spinaeh while theyy are lieiiile;jeoolieil` anil when the vegetables are pot the sanil will remain tlierei-ii.

'ith these entls in \'ieii'.tl1is invention eoii- Sists in the details of eonstrue'tioii unil eoniliinatioii of elements hereinafter set forth :intl then speeilieully ilosiriialetl by the elaini. ln ortler that those sliilleil in the iii'tto whirh this invention iipliei'lains may mitlerstiiiiil how to malte unil use tlie saine. l will leserihe its.tonstriietion in tletaiL referring hy letter to tlieiieeoiiipanying drawingr forniing a part of this .speeilieatioinin which Figure l is a sei-tional view of a pot. willi my improvement applieil thereto. Fig. 2. ii'pliiii view o'f the ring. Fig. 3,' a seetioiial view ol' a pot showingiiiy improvement iiliplieil thereto withoutthe use of the ring. i`ig. 4, a `pliiii view of Fig. -l.

ln earryiiigr out in v invention as here emliotlieil. A represents ii 4pot wliirli may he of any suitable size, iiinl to this is secured the hantlle B.

in'ilieates a ring whieh may be inatle of ani1 suitable material. unil wliieli mali lie niaile ii ilill'erentY sizes to lil tlili'erent sized pots. 'hen iiiiise this ring Hts againstthe iniiei' siii'l'aee ofthe pot unil rests against the bottom thereof. ()ii the top of this ring rests the strainer l) wliieli iniiy lie stam ietl from aupieeefof iiietiil to forni the een ilic memlier as eleiirlysliowii in Fig. l. A lli the bottoni' of the: iup-like ineniher or strainer l) are foriiietl "the openings E, through ii'liiolttlie siiuil is inhi|itetl to'pass when it has liceli tlislotlgeil 'l'ioiil the \e,1.;'e-V tables-,or for tliiit iiiiiller any other iirlieles lit-ing rofikeil. rl`lie. saitl openings l". are so l'ornieil ni the liottoni as to leave eoiisiilei'- ahle spat-e hetweeii the outer holes aiiil the ellge ol the siiles of the strainer or cup-like nieniher. 'l`lie lugs l*` are sernretl on the nil ni-r sui-fare ol the lmttoni of the strainer.

iiinl in this are plat-ell the eiiils of the iiiov` iilile antl iletiiehahle hiinille (i. so that the E strainer may he reinoretl l'roni the iol when` it is not wanteil for use. The lugs l are se eureil to the outer .snrfaee of'the hottoiii of' the strainer` so that the lianllle (i may lie plaeeil therein when the strainer l) is tnruetl up sigle tlown or usi-tl without the ring;r as elearly shown in Fig. 2l.

ln praetiee the strainer is plaeeil in the iot. then the vegelahles lilaeeil therein restmagr nlioii the bottoni ol' saiil strainer. unil as the water ho'ils it will tlisloilg'e the siinil. whit-li will then pass ilowiiwartl through the o-lieiiing's l into the lo i'er portion of the pot where it reniiiiiis. Len the pot is turneil to one sitle the vegetables antl the jniee from the saine-will run ont ol' the pol lint the simil will i'eniuili therein liet-anse of the eloseil portion lielween the holes iiiiil the eilgfe or siiles of the strainer.

Uf eoiirse l ilo not wish to he liniiteil to the exiirl li-tails ol' eonstrnetion here shown as these ||iii lie \arietl within eeitain liiiiits without departing,r l'roiii the spirit of my ilivent ion.

llai'ine thus fully ileserihetl in i invention what le ai'iii as new iintl useful is- In eoiiiliiiliitioii with ii put` iti'eiiioi'able riligiolapleil to lit therein ainl rest against the liottoin of saul iot. a strainer eoniposeil Y'of' ii enti like iiieni ier haring a bottoni, a portion of whirli is perforated :intl :in outer 

